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Soni Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Soni is a medium size village located in Garhshankar Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 169 families residing. The Soni village has population of 788 of which 402 are males while 386 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Soni village population of children with age 0-6 is 60 which makes up 7.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Soni village is 960 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Soni as per census is 765, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Soni village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Soni village was 81.18 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Soni Male literacy stands at 83.15 % while female literacy rate was 79.17 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Soni village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Soni village.

Soni Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 169 - -
Population 788 402 386
Child (0-6) 60 34 26
Schedule Caste 427 223 204
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.18 % 83.15 % 79.17 %
Total Workers 385 263 122
Main Worker 189 - -
Marginal Worker 196 102 94

Caste Factor

In Soni village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 54.19 % of total population in Soni village. The village Soni currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Soni village out of total population, 385 were engaged in work activities. 49.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 385 workers engaged in Main Work, 71 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 28 were Agricultural labourer.